In 1990, tension ran high following racist offenses by two fraternities during Roundup — an event intended to be a Universitywide spring celebration.
The following year, the brothers of the...
Fatal injuries in rugby are extremely rare, despite the sport’s limited protective gear and aggressive nature, said a men’s rugby coach.
UT women’s rugby club captain Stephanie...
In 1967, 22-year-old attorney Sarah Weddington joined forces with the Women’s Liberation Movement and took on one of the most perpetually controversial Supreme Court cases in American history...
Eighty percent of women will contract HPV at some point in their lives, Ashley Eldridge said one of her 11 doctors told her.
“If you are sexually active you are probably going to get it,”...
Bobbi Duncan said she was 13 years old when she was first sexually assaulted, but it was something she never talked about. She said the abuse continued for about two years. Her assailant was a family...
The School of Journalism approved the biggest change to its curriculum in almost 20 years to better prepare future journalists for the evolving media platforms.
The revised curriculum received unanimous...
Roundup, an annual event that draws thousands of people to a weekend of West Campus parties, began eight decades ago as the highlight of the University’s spring social season — but it has...
Student Government’s new executive board has begun filling the more than 100 policy and agency director positions and external appointments.
Last week, SG President Natalie Butler and Vice...
Beverly Kearney doesn’t like to talk about her induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, her record seven national championships as women’s track and field coach or the fact...
The fraternity at the center of a Roundup weekend incident, during which a UT senior claims she was assaulted, says it is conducting its own investigation of one of its member’s actions and will...
First-year students may gain peace of mind with the option to drop a course after the last class day if the administration accepts a Senate of College Councils resolution.
The University Academic...
A UT student’s claim of assault during Roundup last weekend sparked the formation of a coalition to address racial discrimination during the annual event.
Finance senior Donesha Bell alleges...
After a year focused on legislative advocacy and internal reforms, Student Government President Scott Parks and Vice President Muneezeh Kabir sang “The Eyes Of Texas” for the last time as...
After a year focused on legislative advocacy and internal reforms, Student Government President Scott Parks and Vice President Muneezeh Kabir sang “The Eyes Of Texas” for the...
After several weeks spent volunteering at a low-income maternity ward in Ghana, former Longhorn Emily Hsu came back to the states with a strong desire to help the hospitals.
Hsu traveled to Ghana...
After several weeks spent volunteering at a low-income maternity ward in Ghana, former Longhorn Emily Hsu came back to the states with a strong desire to help the hospitals.
Hsu traveled...
Its 12:36, and UT is still underfunded, more than 200 students shouted as they marched to the steps of the Capitol on Tuesday to protest the proposed higher education budget cuts.
The Invest in...
The College of Liberal Arts College Tuition Budget Advisory Committee sent its first round of budget recommendations to College of Liberal Arts deans before spring break and expects a response within the...
After surviving a runoff election and a series of campaign infractions, newly elected Student Government President Natalie Butler and Vice President Ashley Baker are gearing up to begin their new term...
It might be after spring break before students know who the new Student Government president and vice president will be. An election code violation hearing Thursday resulted in appeals on both sides and...
It might be after spring break before students know who the new Student Government president and vice president will be. An election code violation hearing Thursday resulted in appeals on both sides...
Natalie Butler and Ashley Baker are the new SG president and vice president after earning 55 percent of the vote in the runoff.
A total of 7,883 students voted in the runoff, and after a series...
Students came out of the feminist closet Monday to tell their tales of gender equality.
The Gender and Sexuality Center opened their celebration of National Feminist Week with the truth wall, imitating...
Students can look forward to another week of SG campaigning as two executive alliances prepare for a runoff election.
Because no campaign had the 51-percent majority the election code requires, the...
The self-proclaimed rabble-rousers at the Texas Travesty are setting their sights on SG leadership for the third time — this year to save humanity from nuclear war.
The Travesty is a University-sponsored...
Smokers used to stepping outside of University buildings to have a cigarette may have to go off-campus after Student Government passed a smoke-free campus resolution Tuesday.
The resolution calls...
The first competitive Senate of College Councils presidential race elections in several years ended Thursday with the former executive director winning the highest office.
The Senate serves as the...
Two College Republicans officers resigned Wednesday night after disagreement with the group’s SG executive alliance endorsement.
College Republicans President Justin May announced the group’s...
As the March 2 and 3 student-wide general election approaches, candidates for Student Government and other student leadership organizations are hoping to capture student attention with Facebook groups...
The University-operated radio station, KUT, could lose a half a million dollars in federal funding if a proposed spending cuts bill passes the Senate.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved...
The Elections Supervisory Board ruled Friday that the executive alliance of Abel Mulugheta and Sameer Desai did not violate election codes for early campaigning.
SG presidential candidate Andrew...
Moments after campaigning opened for the 2011 Student Government elections Wednesday morning, Student Government hopefuls flooded campus hot spots with candidate logos and banners.
Because the Student...
The group was the first of the College Tuition and Budget Advisory Councils to submit a proposal to its college, and a meeting Friday indicated that the students and administrators have similar goals....
A $1.6 million grant from the State Energy Conservation Office will help fund two solar cell systems at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in North Austin.
The grant will cover 80 percent of the costs...
Students overwhelmingly approved reforms to the Student Government constitution Thursday night after a technical glitch shut down voting for several hours.
The amendments to the SGs constitution will...
Students kept their promise to walk to the Capitol to attend a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday despite record-breaking cold weather and President William Powers Jr.’s sudden hospitalization....
Bringing celebrity guests to the UT campus during the new Student Activity Centers official grand opening week cost more than $70,000 in student fees.
Mondays An Evening with Zach Braff and...
In June, Charles Graham Jr. will leave his job at an Austin law firm and move almost 2,000 miles to Philadelphia to embark on a new teaching career.
Graham, who received his government degree in...
A Students Speak forum on Tuesday focused on planning and agenda setting because administrators declined to attend the meeting.
The organization formed to counter a $1 million proposed cut to ethnic...
A controversial flier depicting President William Powers Jr., and College of Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl as members of the Ku Klux Klan created a rift within student activist group The Students Speak.
Several...
Cries of Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Mubaraks crimes, rang across the lawn in front of the Capitol on Saturday as protesters waved Egyptian flags and chanted to support...
Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining what student organizations are doing to lobby the 82nd Texas Legislature.
University Leadership Initiative, a UT group that supports...
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining what student organizations are doing to lobby the 82nd Texas Legislature.
The Legislature Working Group, a committee...
Construction has left campus walkways and entire floors of the Flawn Academic Center blocked off since summer 2009, and officials say the disruptions will not end until next July.
A construction...
While sites such as Bing and Google are marketing ways to make Internet browsing more specific, a popular website is capitalizing on the fun of surfing the Web.
StumbleUpon.com caters to users’...
Potential passage of the DREAM Act raised tension on campus Tuesday when the College Republicans at Texas sponsored a talk by conservative commentator Michelle Malkin.
What started out as a summary...
The makers of the popular caffeinated alcoholic drink Four Loko announced Tuesday that they would remove caffeine and other stimulants from their products. Phusion Projects made the announcement after...
A six-foot-tall thank you card and free Tiff’s Treats drew students to a celebration of Thanks Day on Gregory Plaza on Tuesday afternoon.
Students Hooked on Texas and the Texas Exes Student...
A brief eulogy to Islamic prophets and a medley of flutes opened the floor for the spinning dance of worship delivered by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi on Tuesday night.
The Islamic...
More than half of the students who attempted to vote at the Flawn Academic Center were not aware that on Election Day, ballots can only be cast at the precinct in which voters live.
Out of...
Drug abuse and genital warts are two often-ignored women’s issues that the sisters of Zeta Sigma Chi highlighted on Wednesday during Women’s Health Day 2010.
Women and women’s...
The nonprofit organization Texans for Stem Cell Research rallied for more state funding in Austin earlier this month. The group followed up Wednesday with a symposium on the UT campus to show how research...
Students, faculty members and Austinites gathered around tables in the McCombs School of Business atrium on Tuesday, silently listening to the call to prayer, an operatic-style hymn that signified the...
A program to improve language impairments of bilingual first grade students, initiated by UT speech-language researchers, received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
During...
Students walking in front of the Tower on Thursday were treated to a performance by a group of brightly dressed traditional Latin dancers, one of several acts featured in the “Make It Happen”...
Obesity creates a high risk for dementia later in life, according to a study by UT researchers.
The study, released Tuesday in the scientific journal “Obesity,” found that insulin sensitivity...
Officers, sergeants, deputies and family members, decked in their Halloween best, performed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in the downtown Austin Police Department garage Wednesday to...
Two weeks before the Nov. 2 election, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White focused on affordable higher education and textbook curricula as he assured students on the West Mall on Tuesday that...
UT researchers are developing a computer programming game that will engage Central Texas middle and high school students in engineering and computer science by merging robotics and sports.
Associate...
